#BBC981#BBC981

#BBC981 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.096 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC981
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 129)
HSL	hsl(72, 40%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(72, 36%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 35.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -16.29, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 38.09, 115.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0443 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.096 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3426, 53.9233, 28.7842)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC981 #8F81C9

analogous

#C9B381 #BBC981 #97C981

triadic

#BBC981 #81BBC9 #C981BB

tetradic

#BBC981 #81C9B3 #8F81C9 #C98197

square

#BBC981 #81C9B3 #8F81C9 #C98197

split-complementary

#BBC981 #8197C9 #B381C9

monochromatic

#81913E #A4B756 #BBC981 #D2DBAC #E9EED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBC981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#BBC981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC981

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC981	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C27C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.096 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9a6',
    500: '#bbc981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc981;
$custom-light: #d0d9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.667,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8082,
    "c": 0.09577,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC981

secondary

#635698

accent

#32B34B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC981

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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